Police officer duty-bound to record reasons for arrest in writing: Allahabad High Court
Section 41 and 41A of CrPC are facets of Article 21 of the Constitution of India
Bail
Saturday Night Hearing in Teesta Setalvad case: Supreme Court stays Gujarat HC order for 7 days
Gujarat High Court had rejected Regular Bail plea of Civil Rights Activist Teesta Setalvad and had directed her to surrender immediately.
Meghalaya HC grants bail to person accused of offence under NDPS Act
The applicant was arrested in connection with the case registered under Section 21(b) and 29 of the NDPS Act.
Madras High Court denies interim bail to Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji; Allows him shifting to Hospital for bypass surgery
The action came following the Supreme Court’s decision, wherein the Court allowed the appeals arising out of the order for de novo investigation and set aside the directions issued in the original petition for de novo investigation. Further, the Court allowed the ED to continue its investigation.
Involvement in subsequent crime sufficient ground for cancellation of bail: Kerala High Court
Kerala High Court noted that as against the condition not to involve in any other crime while on bail, the petitioner got involved in a similar crime.
Mere possession of living cow does not amount to committing, abetting, or attempting an offence under U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act: Allahabad High Court grants bail
The principle that Bail is a rule and Jail is an exception has been well recognised by Supreme Court more specifically on the touch stone of Article 21 of the Constitution
Delhi High Court refuses interim bail to Manish Sisodia; Allowed to meet wife for a day; No media interaction, No phone or internet
The petitioner was seeking interim bail for a period of six weeks in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 3 & 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 on the ground of illness of his wife Mrs. Seema Sisodia.
Delhi High Court grants bail to Bhushan Power and Steel Limited CFO in investigation launched by SFIO
Delhi High Court observed that while grave allegations have been made qua the applicant with regard to connivance/conspiring with the promoters and other co-accused, no allegation with regard to his receiving benefits has been made.
Neither appropriate nor feasible for Courts to draw conclusions at the stage of bail: Delhi High Court
At this stage of bail, it can hardly be said with any conviction that the promise of marriage made by the petitioner to the prosecutrix is ex-facie false; and that it has been made in bad faith, with no intention of being adhered to when it was given.
[POCSO] | Consideration of bail plea cannot be deferred indefinitely simply because the victim is keeping herself away from appearing in Court: J&K and Ladakh HC
“It is not the case of the prosecution that trial is being delayed because of the conduct of the accused but it is a case where the victim is avoiding stepping into the witness box.”
Gujarat HC Orders probe against Doctor accused of Issuing Fake Medical Certificates to Prisoners seeking Bail
The Court noted that the Doctor was in the habit of issuing the Medical Certificates in the name of different hospitals to aid prisoners in filing applications for bail before the Court of law.
Delhi High Court rejects bail to Manish Sisodia in Delhi Liquor Excise Policy case
The Court observed that Sisodia’s position of power creates a sense of fear that he may try to sway the witness who would be testifying against him.
Read why Karnataka High Court denied bail to a Government Teacher accused under provisions of POCSO Act?
The Court strictly observed that in India, Gurus/teachers are considered akin to God and the Government Teacher’s perverse acts have created fear in the minds of the parents of minor girls students.
No presumption of rape can be made out between minor wife and husband if physical relationship is specifically denied: Allahabad High Court
Mazid Bayan is also a part of investigation, and it can be relied on by Investigating Officer while filing a final report/ charge sheet and only caveat is that it may not be a tutored statement or recorded only for the purpose of predetermined object to continue investigation in a particular way and it may not be on whimsical approach of Investigating Officer.
‘Adolescent love must be scrutinized in the backdrop of real-life situations’; Delhi High Court grants bail to a man charged under POCSO Act
The attitude towards early love relationships, especially adolescent love, had to be scrutinized in the backdrop of their real-life situations to understand their actions in each situation because the teenagers who try to imitate romantic culture of films and novels, remain unaware about the laws and the age of consent.
Allahabad High Court grants bail to 16-year-old boy accused of killing mother for restraining him from playing PUBG
Allahabad High Court said that the FIR has been lodged by the grandmother of the accused and she is not an eyewitness. The other witnesses are also not the eyewitnesses in the instant matter and only on hearsay basis, the bail of the accused has been rejected.
It is a curse for a society that women are still subjected to occult rituals to treat their infertility: Allahabad High Court rejects bail plea
Allahabad High Court said that the facts of this case are not only shocking but show the mindset of male persons that when a woman has not conceived for many years, the only fault is of the women and not of men and for that women are subject to occultist rituals. It is a curse for society that such rituals are still prevailing in 21st Century.
[NDPS] Delhi Court grants bail to accused of drug trafficking of Methamphetamine from Mexico to Australia
Delhi Court observed that in the absence of any evidence to link the accused persons with contraband recovered in Australia, the bar of section 37 NDPS Act stands lifted.